It’s beginning to feel like summer !
It was a warm cloudless day at Gorleston and also windless when we first arrived. The sea was super flat, glistening in the sunshine. A few decided not to hang around but the forecast suggested a sea breeze would fill in late morning and sure enough just after 10.30 the wind begun to shift from NW to N and finally a F2 from the east arrived.
By this time there were many people on the beach and the first task was finding a route to the shoreline to launch the boats.
All close, heading back to the leeward gate
The race team were quick to set course although racIng was delayed a tad whilst a certain 400 crew had to be recovered from their SUP having paddled a little too far down tide !
By the time racing started the sea breeze was still a steady F2 from the east, with the occasional gust just sufficient for Ed to get one hull of his A-Class out of the water.
Race one honours went to the RS400 of Richard, with stand in crew Dave, who just beat Paul, sailing his Solution. However, Paul made amends by winning the next three races, yes we had four races as conditions were so nice.
RS400 ‘s at the leeward gate
Many thanks to the race team of Tamsin and Phil, who made the extra effort of moving the start line for the fourth race as the wind had shifted to the ESE.
Full results are on the club web site
Photos on the club Flickr site